Transcript THE POSTAL HISTORY FOUNDATION

THE POSTAL HISTORY FOUNDATION
TUCSON, ARIZONA
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
FOR THE S.C.C. PRESIDENT
PHF Main Building, 920 N. First Ave, Tucson, AZ 85719
Late 19th Century Post Office Front
Peggy J. Slusser Memorial Philatelic Library
Slusser Library Reading Room
MISSION
• Promote an appreciation of stamp
collecting and postal history
through the preservation of
philatelic collections, literature and
documents, and the enhancement of
youth education using stamps as
teaching tools.
HISTORY
• CREATED - WESTERN POSTAL
HISTORY MUSEUM - 1960
• RELOCATED – 1978
• RENAMED – POSTAL HISTORY
FOUNDATION – 1990
• DEDICATED - THE PEGGY J.
SLUSSER MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1996
BUDGET 2007
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EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING/FEES OPERATIONS RANGERS LIBRARY TOTAL
29,309
25,824
28,507
26,933
16,964
6,571
38,431
155,575
SOURCES OF INCOME
• DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS OF CASH
AND MATERIAL FROM PUBLIC
• ENDOWMENT EARNINGS (TO YOUTH
ENDOWMENT FUND OR GENERAL
FUND, PRINCIPAL RESTRICTED)
• INCOME FROM FEDERATED INVESTORS
MUTUAL FUNDs, (GENERAL FUND)
• INCOME FROM MORGAN STANLEY
(LIBRARY FUND, USE RESTRICTED)
• SALES OF DONATED MATERIAL (TO
GENERAL FUND UNLESS EARMARKED)
• MEMBERSHIP DUES (PHF FUND)
• CONTRACT POST OFFICE (PHF FUND)
• RANGERS (PHF UNLESS EARMARKED)
AS OF JULY 2008
– PHF YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND
• CDs AT WASHINGTON FEDERAL
• PRINCIPAL RESTRICTED. $131,448
– PHF GENERAL OPERATING FUND
• MUTUAL FUNDS AT FEDERATED
INVESTORS
• $157,571
– SLUSSER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
• MORGAN STANLEY 50-50 GROWTH AND
INCOME. USE RESTRICTED TO LIBRARY
• $723,038
PHF BOARD MEMBERS
• BOB BECHTEL – CHAIRPERSON. PROFESSOR OF
PSYCHOLOGY, SPECIALIST IN ARIZONA POSTAL
HISTORY
• BARRETT BEHNKE – RETIRED, US ARMY, COLLECTS
SELECTED COUNTRIES, PART TIME EBAY DEALER,
DOCENT.
• DAVID BERNHEIM – SECRETARY. LAW ENFORCEMENT
• MICHAEL CUSANOVICH – REGENTS PROFESSOR OF
BIOCHEMISTRY, SPECIALIST IN 1874-1883 MEXICO
AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
• BOB DAVIS – RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT, SPECIALIST IN
NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND AND OTHER, DOCENT.
PHF BOARD MEMBERS,
CON’T
• B. J. JOHNSON – OWNER BJ STAMPS, GLENDALE,
ARIZONA
• HAROLD KOHL – TREASURER. RETIRED PHYSICIAN,
COLLECTS US MINT PLATE BLOCKS AND SHEETS
• PAUL NELSON – VICE CHAIRPERSON. RETIRED
ENGINEER, SCANDINAVIAN SPECIALIST, PAST
PRESIDENT OF SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTORS CLUB
• SUSAN SISSON – EDUCATOR, MUSEUM DIRECTOR
SHOW LOW, ARIZONA, FORMER PHF EDUCATION
DIRECTOR
• STEVE STATON –WEBMASTER. SENIOR SYSTEMS
ADMINISTRATOR, RAYTHEON MISSILE SYSTEMS.
SERGEANT MAJOR, U.S. ARMY RESERVES. DIRECTOR
OF ARIPEX, PRESIDENT, ARIZONA FEDERATION OF
STAMP CLUBS.
HONORARY BOARD
MEMBERS
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ALVARO ALVAREZ (PHOENIX POSTMASTER)
BETTY BERNHEIM, Sierra Vista, AZ
JIM BOWMAN, Simi Valley, CA
LOUISE CHRISTIAN, Fullerton, CA
CARL LEMAR JOHN, Tucson, AZ
EX-OFFICIO
JOHN BIRKINBINE, Tucson, AZ
Who we are working for!
WORKSHEETS
IMPACT 2007 – 2008
SCHOOL YEAR
• Locally: At community special events,
libraries, scouts, retirement programs,
disabled groups, stamp shows, stamp
clubs, parks, museums, PHF visitors 2,400+ people
• In the classroom – 4,500+ people
• Total persons: 6,900+
• 89% are students.
STAMPS TO THE
WORLD – 2007 – 2008
PROVIDED >308,000 STAMPS, 75% FOR
OUTSIDE REQUESTS; 25% CLASSROOM
• SCHOOLS, CLUBS, SCOUTS, OTHERS –
– USA: AZ, CA, CT, FL, MN, NY, PA, VA
– WORLD: SRI LANKA, INDIA, PHILIPPINES,
EUROPE
• SMITHSONIAN
• APS STAMP SHOWS: EUPEX, SESCAL,
CHICAGOPEX, ARIPEX
DOCENTS
• ~ 50 INDIVIDUALS
• > 12,000 HOURS ANNUALLY
• SALES, SORTING, EXHIBIT PREP,
WORKSHEETS AND LESSON
PLANS, SPECIAL EVENTS, TOURS,
LIBRARY, ETC.
• STAMP GAMES USED AT POST
OFFICE EXHIBITS
STAFF
• LENA ROGERS – ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT, MANAGES FACILITY,
RECEIPTS FOR DONATIONS, AND RUNS
CONTRACT POST OFFICE
• LISA DEMBOWSKI – EDUCATION
DIRECTOR, EX-TEACHER, DEGREE IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL
STUDIES. PHILATELIST
• KELLY McLEAR, PUBLICITY AND
COMMUNITY PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT,
FUND RAISING. EDUCATOR
GOALS
• Increase youth endowment principal
$1,000,000.
• Enhance impact nationally (lesson
plans, strategies)
• Fully implement the State game CD
nationwide